Two men who claimed the most direct line of descent to murder mastermind Charles Manson were eliminated Friday from the bitter battle over Manson’s estate, leaving a Columbiana County native still in the running.

Defense attorneys for Jacob LaRosa, who is waiting to learn what his punishment will be for killing, robbing and attempting to rape his elderly neighbor, asked Judge W. Wyatt McKay to keep in mind how intoxicated LaRosa, then 15, was at the time of the crimes.

Eric H. Gladhill, 45, of Vienna Avenue in Niles, who narrowly escaped being shot by Niles police April 10 after he descended the stairs of his home holding a toy gun, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday.

Sylvia J. and Philip Imler, owners of the Kyle-McCollum House in Youngstown, stand near the state historical marker unveiled Friday at their home. The house is the city’s oldest continuously inhabited residence on its original site.